----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex J. Lubet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Wagner and Liszt
> I should go further and note that I've heard (can't verify) that Liszt not > only loved Sulzer's singing, he regarded him as the best vocalist of their > time. Sulzer did apparently hang out with some august company, having also > known Schubert. > > This is getting to be quite a long and interesting thread. Off this track, > I'm wondering if anyone out there has seen the film Cradle Will Rock, about > composer Marc Blitztein? It's been around for a few years, but I just > taught it in my film class and spoke about it at the Society for Cinema and > Media Studies. Blitztein is probably best known for his adaptation of The > Threepenny Opera, not only translating the words, but making the music sound > more American and jazzy. Some of the music in the score is Blitztein's but > some of the original music is probably best described as Yiddish swing. > > The film has some currency because of the inclusion of Mexican painters > Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. I just saw the new film Frida and really > liked it. The music is wonderful, not Jewish in style, but it is by Elliott > Goldenthal, whose work I've found to be very good. I learned quite a few > things from this film, among them that Kahlo's father was a German Jew. > > Shevua Tov, That is quite explicit in the beautiful film "Frida". ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
